Hey, this is Durey. I'm all going to pass it to people in this episode. It's me, Kaya

Miles. Talking about the news that you don't know from the past week. It's the under-apported

news, the news that you should have heard about, but didn't make headlines. Then I sit

down with author and scholar Andre Perry to talk about his new book, Know Your Price.

Biden, Black Lives, and Property in America's Black Cities. This is a fantastic book and

truly insightful interview. We talked about housing before as part of the news, but finally

had an expert on to help us make sense of it. My advice for this week is to make the

ask. You might not always get what you want, but you certainly won't get it if you don't

ask for it. I was at work recently and I had this thing, I was like, can this thing do

this thing? I just put it in the work slack. Who knew the seminar team? You had to do it

very quickly. He did it. I felt like I was being dramatic if I'd asked, but this was

like, it was just easy for him to do. It was very hard for me to do, but it's one of those

things that sometimes you're just going to ask. Be open to a no, but if you don't ask,

you'll never know.

Hey family, welcome to POD Save the People. We're so excited to be back with you for another

week of news and great interviews. I'm Kaya Henderson and you can find me on Twitter at

Henderson Kaya. I'm Mildi Johnson. You can find me on Twitter and Instagram at Ferro

Rapture. This is Drey at D.R.A.Y. on Twitter. This week is actually the 30th anniversary

of the LA riots, which for me and my short life, short life, maybe some longer than others.

For me, it was a seminal moment in terms of the history of this country, in terms of my

consciousness as an African-American woman living in America. 30 years ago, literally like

LA burned because of a series of events, including the killing of a young African-American

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